Innovative Thinking Job Trends in Edinburgh

Innovative Thinking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 86 106
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 +42
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 4 14 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.42% 1.09% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 1.18% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £105,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -48.81% +110.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £55,625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £100,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -46.25% +100.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Innovative Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 834 1,186 957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.25% 92.22% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 367 487 760
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £76,284
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Innovative Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Innovative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) French Language
2 3 (75.00%) Greek Language
2 3 (75.00%) Italian Language
2 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 3 (75.00%) Portuguese Language
2 3 (75.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (75.00%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Robotics
3 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (75.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Chat Support
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft